Use Science to Make Kale Taste Delicious

Use Science to Make Kale Taste Delicious | What's Eating Dan?

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Күн бұрын

Even the cynics have to admit: Kale has range. Raw, its leaves are tenacious and hearty, but a brief stint on the stovetop renders the vegetable moist and tender, and a long, low period in the oven produces crispy, shattery chips. Dan explains the differences in kale types and shows you how to bring out the best in this brassica.
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@DanielJSouza Жыл бұрын

I think I may have peaked with this episode. DOGS and a JINGLE?! Can't wait to hear what you all think.

@oldcowbb Жыл бұрын

it's cringe dan, cringe

@Charles78 Жыл бұрын

I loved it all!

@dbretton Жыл бұрын

@@oldcowbb 100%

@adedow1333 Жыл бұрын

But it's heckin' cute cringe. And sadly, just catchy enough to work. Well done. Thanks for the earworm. Now I have to actually learn it to get the little bits out of my head.

@zimmejoc Жыл бұрын

Is that a jingle or the start of an 80s sitcom intro song?

@quirkyviper Жыл бұрын

Whatever is happening in the writer's room, PLEASE, for the love of all that is good, KEEP IT GOING! This was SUCH a great episode! The opening segment was such a good hook, y'all already have the fun, interesting science on lock, good recipes are a given and then topping it off with Dan's song. This was just REALLY well put together and fun!

@Pandaliciousness Жыл бұрын

I choose to believe it’s ALL DAN

@somehowaturtle9802 Жыл бұрын

Hard agree on that one. I didn’t even care about kale before this video. This is an odd feeling.

@ssgoldendoodlesfamilies1062 20 күн бұрын

Nothing out there giving information like this. More please. I just couldn’t eat, the taste was horrible, but I’ve just been reading the benefits to health & found this excellent. I’de love to see more like this about all foods. Very interesting.

@PokhrajRoy. Жыл бұрын

My mind is currently blown with how accurate the analogy was regarding Brassica and Dog Species.

@zkfoster Жыл бұрын

I didn’t think Dan could get any more adorable but then they released this episode, perfection! I don’t have a dog currently but growing up our first dog Teddy (Bear) was a bichon frisé and I can confirm he and his kin are the cauliflower of the canine world. 👌🏼

@slyde734 Жыл бұрын

Known as its "curlfriend...." That didn't go unnoticed.

@PuffyTacos Жыл бұрын

Wow I am speechless at the production value and creativity in this one. Dan and team, bravo. I watched this video three times haha. Amazing

@CodyTheCattleDog Жыл бұрын

Love this video! I give it 🐾🐾 (don't worry, I am lying down!). It has good dog analogies, science for my nerdy owner, and since she eats a lot of kale she has stuff to think about on our walks! You're a good boy, Dan. Tell your boss you and your team deserve treats 🐶

@bigmike4133 Жыл бұрын

I love these what's eating Dan videos. Never been able to tolerate kale but then makes me want to try it again.

@wandasetzer1469 Жыл бұрын

I love kale. Just don't cook it to death and it's great.

@bigmike4133 Жыл бұрын

@@wandasetzer1469 really? all I've ever tasted was extreme bitterness kind of like bok choy.

@wandasetzer1469 Жыл бұрын

@@bigmike4133 There are some things that can tolerate frost that are better after they've been a little bit frostbit. The wild persimmons that grow in the South are mostly inedible until they've had a frost. It may be that kale is better after cold weather starts, but if you buy things in large grocery stores you probably don't know the area that they grew in, or the weather there. Just a thought.

@darilynkrupp6309 Жыл бұрын

Making learning about foods and how best to cook and eat them is good. Doing all that while making it entertaining, fun and relatable is even better. Adding Dan's humor and intelligence makes it the best. Thanks Dan.

@PokhrajRoy. Жыл бұрын

5:51 Dan Souza, the Bublé of Cook’s Illustrated. You’d be fun in a music video haha

@smwillia Жыл бұрын

I am most impressed by the way Isothiocyanate was integrated into a song.

@robcape Жыл бұрын

My dog is a German Shepherd, his name is Master Chief, his teeth are pointy and that makes him a Romanesco Broccoli.

@thegrandcricket Жыл бұрын

I love what you do here, it's always entertaining, informative, and fun! I want a full theme song based on that jingle Dan. It's A+! 👌 As for my dog, he's a dachshund mix, so I'm gonna have to say Nappa cabbage. Mainly because he's long and stocky, but also takes a lot of naps! 😉😂

@ProHomeCooks Жыл бұрын

this is incredible! that Jingle slaps! also great to know why pants get sweeter in the winter

@WoefulMinion Жыл бұрын

Pants get sweeter in the winter because you're looking for something to keep your legs warm.

@PokhrajRoy. Жыл бұрын

Dan really said: “I don’t know about the chicken and the egg, but I know wolves came before dogs.”

@kimyoonmisurnamefirst7061 Жыл бұрын

It's the egg. Because before the chicken was an egg which came from a Jungle Fowl. Therefore, it's the egg.

@carol301455 Жыл бұрын

@@kimyoonmisurnamefirst7061 Before it was a jungle fowl it was a dinosaur and dinosaurs lay eggs. LOL

@kimyoonmisurnamefirst7061 Жыл бұрын

@@carol301455 Before that were amphibians, which also lay eggs. And before amphibians were fish, who also lay eggs. Egg for the win. Eggs evolved a billion years ago. Even if you're with the Bible/creationism, egg still wins since humans created the chicken.

@jillhiggins3246 Жыл бұрын

My dog is a Coton de Tulear named Dexter and he’s a cauliflower/kale combo lol! Cool video Dan! I always roast my kale and it’s yummy!

@hokieduck Жыл бұрын

And a darling little rare cauliflower!

@mollygermaine Жыл бұрын

Dan, can you do a segment on kelp/seaweed? I know it's so good for me and good for the planet but I don't have any clue about how to use it in my food. Certainly there's a long history of using kelp in asian dishes but over here in the west we don't have much experience. Are there some unexpected ways you would use kelp?

@sjones902 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love this episode! Keep up the good work! 😉

@C2C. Жыл бұрын

Where do I begin with this episode.... Heck, it's perfection! Brassica facts ad tips, the most spot-on analogy (and with dogs, no less!), great production, and a jingle? I think Dan has just mastered all of KZfaq!

@davidhalldurham Жыл бұрын

Our dog Hiker (RIP) was a Bouvier des Flandres and a compleat omnivore. He didn't like citrus fruits, but he rarely met a vegetable he didn't love. In light of the breed's origins, I'd have to say he was a Brussels sprout. My roasted Brussels sprouts were also one of his favorites.

@rocketman3474 Жыл бұрын

Awesome episode. Best one yet. Keep up the good work and I’ll keep on watching.

@tuckercampbell6537 Жыл бұрын

IMO, "What's Eating Dan" is the best content on KZfaq. Thank you!

@kaypee65 Жыл бұрын

I am a gardener and lived in Fairbanks Alaska for a decade. I used to leave my kale out as winter hit. I would put a row cover over it and let it sit out in the severe cold. When I had a hankering for caldo verde I would go out with a hatchet, kick off the snow, and pull back the row cover to whack off a plant or two. Most forgiving plant to grow ever. My dogs are Belgian Sheepdogs. They are pointy and black. No question they are dinosaur kale.

@hummersd Жыл бұрын

"Curlfriend" 💀 Always the best! Great job Dan and team, for another great episode! Keep 'em comin'!

@goudagirl6095 Жыл бұрын

Massaging and resting. Two things I love. Especially together. And now, I'm gonna try it for kale too!

@we317 Жыл бұрын

You guys are kaleing it! Keep up the good work

@TheTylerDouglas 10 ай бұрын

Noice

@tashakaiser6160 Жыл бұрын

You get my "The Most Informative, Playful and Inspirational Kale Video Award". Well done and TY.

@troyrange7122 Жыл бұрын

Love it!! Great Job Dan!

@cwilson284 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for pronouncing it "caul-ih-flower" rather than "caul-ee-flower," which pronunciation I blame on Rachel Ray and the Food Network. Love your little sub-channel (and the rest, too, of course).

@akiminato8445 Жыл бұрын

Love this! Thank you

@PokhrajRoy. Жыл бұрын

Happy New Year! It’s so nice to see another episode and also, great video on Chickpeas/Chole btw 👏🏽

@stephenkopels Жыл бұрын

Great production… Dan is charming. Thanks so much !

@avlasting3507 Жыл бұрын

Great tips, thanks.

@bethvanhorn2696 Жыл бұрын

You are having entirely too much fun with this! I LOVE IT!! This is perfection!

@jenniferhuff2566 Жыл бұрын

I love the vegetable/did comparison. Maybe my favorite Dan video yet. I always enjoy the chemical explanation as well as the easy to follow instructions. And that Kale jingle, it’ll make the Billbords 😃Thanks for another great video.

@Manuel_Labor Жыл бұрын

My boy is a Great Pyrenees and a google search of "brassica white Pyrenees" pointed me to a flowering kale variety called "Pigeon White", and I gotta say it does look like the Great Pyrenees of the Brassicas :O love the jingle!

@CaptainFabulous84 Жыл бұрын

Dan is the only reason I subscribe to this channel.

@debiapostol Жыл бұрын

Aella - 8:44 white German shepherd dog (or white swiss shepherd for the purests) … so of course she hast to be cauliflower! I’ll have to give the second Renz a try because to be honest, I have always found kale too bitter to eat

@delk82 Жыл бұрын

This series has always been top notch, but this was a whole new tier of awesome.

@lindygirl1186 Жыл бұрын

Super fun and informative video Dan. And your song is a bop!😁 My recently departed miniature Yorkshire Terrier was definitely a Kalette... teeny tiny, adorable and sassy🥰

@AnkitaNallana 6 ай бұрын

What a brilliant episode! I love it! My kale chips are currently baking and this was a fun way to pass the time!

@thetransplanter3337 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this deep dive into the divesity of cultivated varieties!

@Donna1031 Жыл бұрын

Great job, Dan! Loved the video:)

@markusquentin Жыл бұрын

Genius and entertaining, educational and entertaining, adorable and entertaining. This kale episode rocks! I’ve always been a fan of kale for eating, as well as displaying as ornamentals in flower gardens.❤️👍

@shellyjene2066 Жыл бұрын

I loved this!!!

@glorimarperez5819 Жыл бұрын

Your videos are so excellent, it's truly a joy to be subscribed and watch this channel. Truly above average and addictive content, thank you so much!!!

@jrmint2 Жыл бұрын

I loved this ♥♥♥ keep up the great work! 🤩

@mikestroup3740 Жыл бұрын

Always enjoy your program Dan. Thanks

@eugenesedita Жыл бұрын

Absolutely great job, Dan. Awesome. Now I have to remember it all. I’ll be eatin a lot more of that bitter green.

@TheTinkerersWife Жыл бұрын

Annie my Portuguese waterdog and of course my favorite, Brussel sprouts. Best of both worlds.

@matthewyoung6740 Жыл бұрын

got me good with that last shot at 8:44. Great episode Dan and team!!

@angelacardino3045 Жыл бұрын

Our Cavachon is named Sage and she definitely has the personality of a watermelon radish. Awesome video as always!!

@M_J_nan Жыл бұрын

I think you have a unike and fun way to teach me new things about my food! Thank you!

@wildsheepc Жыл бұрын

My dog is named Rain, she is a blue merle Australian shepherd, and I think she looks most like a decent-sized bit of Romanesco! Her appearance is almost guaranteed to get a lot of attention (like Romanesco), but Aussies often require skilled handling to be their best and may not be for everyone who is drawn to its appearance, again like Romanesco!

@janie7242 Жыл бұрын

Super helpful info on Kale, thanks! Know how to deal with them now! Magical! Like your reminder and extra tips. Great vlog! Never realized the relationship between all those greens! New discovery! 🧐❤

@Laniakea339 Жыл бұрын

We have a Labrador who my eight-year-old son is convinced looks like Lacinato kale! :) Thanks for the great video! Keep the content coming!

@faithwalker5196 10 ай бұрын

Great episode! Loved the dogs and loved the jingle. I might even like kale after this.

@deh4848 Жыл бұрын

My four-legged fur baby is a Maltese and he is definitely a white head of CawLeeFlower . . . which, btw, is his nightly dinner. Yes, raw organic cauliflower is his favorite food.

@sandegeorge542 Жыл бұрын

Another great educational and fun video. I don't like kale but will try your suggestions. Especially because I love all the other brassicas (sp). Never knew they all came from the same species. Great job.

@brianklaus2468 Жыл бұрын

My dog is Boston and he’s a King Charles Cavalier. He’s like Pringlea. They’re both a little poofy, a little frilly, and you need to separate both of them from the rabbits in the yard.

@erikfreitas9288 Жыл бұрын

Definitely peak Dan here. Awesome video!

@ruffinarector541 Жыл бұрын

WOW just when I think Dan couldn’t possibly get any better viola!!!! Awesome job!!!

@jschwederslp Жыл бұрын

I have 2 dogs. Duke is a yorkie with a short puppy hair cut. He is naughty but fun. He is definitely a Brussel sprout. Small, compact but sturdy. Roxy is our black lab. She is a cabbage. Strong and solid. Love all of your videos!

@sophienavarro9434 Жыл бұрын

Great videos, entertaining and informative

@devoted2knit177 Жыл бұрын

This is the best ! I so enjoyed the science, the prep visuals and the recipes. Not so much the jingle😂

@kylemain4314 Жыл бұрын

Dude! Keep these videos coming! You freaking ROCK! My wife and I loved this one!

@emmahardesty4330 Жыл бұрын

Great info, and that grapefruit sald...gotta make.

@deea3586 7 ай бұрын

I’m officially crushing on Dan and Kale now!

@foodgrowers1531 Жыл бұрын

Well done. or baked or boiled or messaged... What about 1 minute (and out) in the Instant Pot? Perfectly cooked with a wonderful color and texture still there.

@krefcenz Жыл бұрын

So there is a tradeoff here. The same isorhiocyanates that five kale its bitter taste are what helps protect us against cancer, e.g sulforaphane. So rinsing them twice to improve the taste costs you some cancer protection. A better strategy is to use baby kale which is more tender but just as cancer protective or add some sweet elements to salad dressing or salad like fresh fruit. The same think for rinsing onions

@ConsiderItHealth Жыл бұрын

The jingle was the cherry on the cake. Loved this episode!

@annieclaire2348 Жыл бұрын

I have a smooth haired Jack Russell terrier names Brandie. I have to say he is probably most like a turnip! Compact, mainly white and smooth, a bit fiesty, which you could say about the taste of a turnip too I guess! Loved your jingle! I also love cavalo nero best but my husband grows lots of kale varieties as any old leaves go straight to our chooks (chickens in US English). We are in Australia. I'll be following your recommendations from now on as I only knew about the massaging technique. Thanks so much for all the excellent information!!! 😁😁😁

@DanielJSouza Жыл бұрын

A turnip! LOL I love it.

@hokieduck Жыл бұрын

My Aussie is a Blue merle named Zulie, seen to the left. She is the Giant Red Seed Mustard Green. An amalgam of color and spice! Thank you for a great vid, Dan. My first of your vids but it will not be my last. 😋

@julseabate4173 Жыл бұрын

thanks Dan!! you are the reason I rang the bell for notifications!

@Zmrzlinar1985 Жыл бұрын

Great episode! :)

@NishithThakkar Жыл бұрын

Just read why there was a Kale craze earlier and wanted to have some non-disappointing kale to try myself. And then this video pops up!! Thanks Dan!!

@bhuld0115 Жыл бұрын

Adaptive Seeds in the Pacific NW sells kale with 2 to 3 foot long leaves, Madeley and Sutherland. They grow well as a winter crop, down to 19F, in my experience, and for spring. Leaves are milder and not tough. Oh, and no dog now, but the dog who looked like Spot would run up the backstairs for cooking Brussels sprouts. She wouldn’t budge for broccoli.

@WriteSister Жыл бұрын

Dan: So smart, so funny. Thanks for the kale tips.

@xtina1610 Жыл бұрын

That was awesome in many different ways.

@monazaki7227 Жыл бұрын

All bad kale memories go to the time when it was a fad and the yuppies were eating them like the food of immortality! That stuff was indigestible! Not that I'm a yuppie...thanks for the video Dan!!

@susanhafner6906 Жыл бұрын

I live in Alaska and I grow my kale in a greenhouse and it always comes out really sweet and delicious and I don’t have to wait for it to frost must be my dirt Only problem we have a kale here is the slugs grubs or whatever you wanna call those nasty little critters as soon as it starts raining here they are all over our kale 🥬

@sophienavarro9434 Жыл бұрын

Great videos.Informative, entertaining and packed with good laughs

@lillianlouie4284 Жыл бұрын

So creative and clever, Dan!! My dog is chihuahua, and terrier and looks like a purple kohl rabi meets a golden beet. : ) Loved the jingle and curl friend.

@adventure_hannah3841 Жыл бұрын

Haha this was such a fun episode! I already love kale, but this gave me some new ideas 😁

@swit1905 Жыл бұрын

This man deserves both a Grammy (for the jingle) AND a James Beard award. Go Dan.

@sallylarhette7083 Жыл бұрын

AMAZING! BEST!

@thomaswisard355 Жыл бұрын

QuirkyViper below could not have said it better! Fantastic episode in all respects. My favorite things about ATK are that it is obvious that you all love your jobs and have fun doing them and sharing them. Keep 'em coming!

@wandasetzer1469 Жыл бұрын

My dog is an Anatolian Shepherd/Great Pyrenees mix, and she's fairly huge. She has a double coat that is supposed to come off (blowing her coat) twice a year but she lives inside and tufts of the downy part underneath come out all the time to make my vacuuming time more interesting. Big, disorganized, and messy. I can't think of any Brassica that compares, unless maybe it's tree collards.

@underthesun65 Жыл бұрын

Goodness. I adore this chef.

@kendra9894 Жыл бұрын

LoL! Always entertaining. Love me the jingle! It was really good!

@da1otta Жыл бұрын

My mum used to make kale with potatoes and mince meat with a milky roux. I quite enjoyed that.

@shuttsteven Жыл бұрын

I have an Alaskan Klee Kai who loved watching this episode with all of the dogs. He is probably closest to a cross of cabbage and broccolini

@skip081961 Жыл бұрын

Our dog is a mix of many breeds so he's probably the whole kale salad you made!

@jeremiahteutsch3753 Жыл бұрын

The jingle. My god, man: the jingle. * kisses gathered fingertips, then expands fingertips as a blossom of knowing enjoyment, while closing eyes in musical-sample bliss. *

@fletchoid Жыл бұрын

I love fresh kale, but it takes up so much room in my fridge that I need to strip the leaves and chop it before I can put it away. Laziness often makes me walk by the fresh kale while shopping and head to the freezer section for frozen chopped kale. This allows me to spontaneously drop some kale into any soup or stew that would be improved with a bit of kale. I can't wait to try the roasted fresh kale.

@phyllisreinking4208 Жыл бұрын

Always learn a lot here while being entertained. And, loving that Superman curl!

@elizabethfraser2996 Жыл бұрын

I destem it ,wash it, spin it, freeze it, and then in the freezer bag crush the leaves into tiny bits to add to pasta stews ect.

@mytm100 Ай бұрын

It was the jingle for me. It just got you another subscriber 😂😂😂😂😂

@Total.Autonomy 9 ай бұрын

My dog's name is Otto and he is a Heinz of the first magnitude (Heinz 57 Varieties). Because there are so many colors it can come in, making it the cutest of all brassicas, I'm saying Otto is Rainbow Chard.